Eraldo Da Roma (born Eraldo Judiconi, 1 March 1900 – 27 May 1981) was an Italian film editor best known for his work with

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such a ...

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...

, and

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...

Life and career

Da Roma was born on 1 March 1900 in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Italy. At a young age he attempted a singing career as a tenor, but in the early 1930s, De Roma began working in the film industry as an assistant film operator. His earliest film as an editor was '' L'eredità dello zio… buonanima'' (1934) directed by Amleto Palermi. He adopted his 'pseudonym in the 1940s in the credits of some

Goffredo Alessandrini Goffredo Alessandrini (20 November 1904 – 16 May 1978) was an Italian scriptwriter and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films. He practiced athletics (sport), athletics in his youth, and won a title of Italian Athletics ...

's films. Da Roma's reputation as an editor came after

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, when he became known as "the neorealist editor" because of his collaborations with

and

in films such as ''

Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' (), also known as ''The Bicycle Thief'', is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which h ...

'', ''

Germany, Year Zero ''Germany, Year Zero'' () is a 1948 film directed by Roberto Rossellini, and is the final film in Rossellini's unofficial war film trilogy, following ''Rome, Open City'' and '' Paisà''. ''Germany Year Zero'' takes place in Allied-occupied Germa ...

'', ''

Rome, Open City ''Rome, Open City'' (), also released as ''Open City'', is a 1945 Italian Italian neorealism, neorealist war film, war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rom ...

'', '' Umberto D.'', '' Paisan'', and '' Miracle in Milan''. During his career, Da Roma also worked with

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, Nicholas Ray,

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, Antonio Pietrangeli,

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Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director. Early years Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. After earning a master's degree in architecture at the University of Florence, Bol ...

, and

Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...

. Da Roma was the uncle of the distinguished film editor

Nino Baragli Nino Baragli (1 October 1925 – 29 May 2013) was an Italian film editor with more than 200 film credits. Among his films in English, ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) and '' Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968), both directed by Sergio L ...

. He died on 27 May 1981.

Selected filmography

* '' Territorial Militia'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Thirty Seconds of Love'' (1936) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) * '' All of Life in One Night'' (1938) * '' The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto. Her family arranged ...

'' (1940) * '' Bridge of Glass'' (1940) * '' The White Ship'' (1941) * '' The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''

A Pilot Returns ''A Pilot Returns'' () is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte and Piero Lulli. The film forms part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" along with '' The White Ship'' (1941) and '' The ...

'' (1942) * '' Captain Tempest'' (1942) * '' The Lion of Damascus'' (1942) * '' Giarabub'' (1942) * '' Girl of the Golden West'' (1942) * '' The Man with a Cross'' (1943) * '' The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * '' The Tyrant of Padua'' (1946) * '' The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * '' Biraghin'' (1946) * '' The Great Dawn'' (1947) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * '' The Man with the Grey Glove'' (1948) * '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) * '' That Ghost of My Husband'' (1950) * '' Mamma Mia, What an Impression!'' (1951) * '' Rome-Paris-Rome'' (1951) * '' A Thief in Paradise'' (1952) * '' Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare)'' (1954) * '' March's Child'' (1957) * '' Engaged to Death'' (1957) * '' The Friend of the Jaguar'' (1959) * '' Dreams Die at Dawn'' (1961)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Da Roma, Eraldo 1900 births 1981 deaths Italian film editors Film people from Rome